It’s May, which means that high school is about to come to an end for those lucky Class of 2017 seniors. They’ve paid their dues, made it through the past four years, and finally get to move on from those awkward high school days.

Most of this year’s high school graduates were born in 1999. Coincidentally, that year was the peak of high school movies. The year 1999 had the most teen movies in a single year, even surpassing all years during the John Hughes era of the 1980s. The influx of high school movies in 1999 even prompted the spoof comedy, Not Another Teen Movie (2001), which poked fun at the crazy popularity of teen movies at that time. Here’s a list of teen movies from 1999 worth checking out.

8. 10 Things I Hate About You

'10 Things I Hate About You' [Credit: Buena Vista Pictures]

Assignment: When a love-struck teenager finds out that his crush is only allowed to date when her ill-tempered older sister dates, he convinces the school’s popular rich kid to hire an outcast bad-boy to date her sister.

4. Idle Hands

'Idle Hands' [Credit: Columbia Pictures]

Assignment: When news of a killer takes over a small town, a teenage stoner discovers that his murderous hand is possessed by the devil. But when he cuts the hand off and the hand roams free, he and his zombie friends race to stop it from continuing its killing spree and taking his girlfriend to hell.

The horror comedy was a box office flop but has since acquired its status as a cult film.

Punk band The Offspring has a cameo in the film. The band’s lead vocalist and guitarist, Dexter Holland, is even scalped and killed by the possessed hand in the Halloween dance scene.

3. Jawbreaker

'Jawbreaker' [Credit: TriStar Pictures]

Assignment: A birthday prank goes awry when a group of girls accidentally kill their friend and most popular girl in school. But when a lonely outcast discovers their secret, the girls offer to transform her into one of them in order to keep her quiet.

Musical artists Usher and Lil’ Kim both play minor characters in the film.

Sarah Michelle Gellar, who was then dating Freddie Prinze, Jr., has a small non-speaking and uncredited cameo in the movie, despite being a hugely popular star at the time.

The film is the most parodied teen movie in the aforementioned spoof, Not Another Teen Movie.

That’s not all! Other teen movies from 1999 include: Cruel Intentions, Election, Varsity Blues and The Virgin Suicides, making it the year that 12 high school movies were released — one for each grade leading up to graduation!

Have you seen all of these high school movies from 1999? Which one is your favorite? Are there any teen movies missing from this list? Let us know in the comments below.

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